The day's attractions include a magic show, karate demonstrations and balloon animals. McGruff, the crime fighting dog, and the Safety-Belt Crash Dummies will entertain children and teach lessons. Children who bring a stuffed animal or doll can learn about medical equipment and procedures at the Teddy Bear Clinic.

Educational booths staffed by the Brooklyn hospital will give parents information ranging from lead poisoning to healthy snack foods.

Investigators said the gunman walked into Spencers One Liquors in the 4300 block of Ritchie Highway at 7:25 p.m. Putting a gun to the clerk's back, he ordered another to empty the cash register. The clerk gave him the money and the robber left the store.

The robber was described as a black man, 6 feet tall, medium build, 20 years old, with scars on his nose. He was wearing a long yellow trench coat.

2 men seen stealing box of baseball cards

Two men stole a box of baseball cards from a Linthicum variety store Monday as a clerk watched them, county police reported.

According to the police report, the men walked into the McCrory store in the 7300 block of B & A Blvd. at 8:21 p.m. and one of the men put three boxes of baseball cards into his sweat pants.

They noticed that the clerk saw them and began to run out of the store, dropping two of the boxes on the way.